A Peachtree City man remained in critical condition Tuesday afternoon after his bike collided with a golf cart on the city’s cart path system Friday, police said.

James V. Earle, 64, suffered a critical head injury during the crash and was flown by medical helicopter to Atlanta Medical Center, police said.

Earle was wearing a bike helmet at the time, police said.

A preliminary investigation showed that the collision occurred while Earle was riding downhill after traveling on the cart path bridge that spans Ga. Highway 74 in Aberdeen Village. Earle’s bike collided with a golf cart being driven by Karen Yorkshaitis, 65, of Peachtree City, police said.

The collision occurred near a curve, making it possible that neither Earle nor Yorkshaitis saw each other coming, police indicated. The force of the collision caused Earle’s bike helmet to crack, police said.

The police department’s Collision Reconstruction Team will conduct a comprehensive reconstruction of the crash, police said.

Last year, the city recorded its first-ever fatality on the golf cart path system when a Tyrone woman fell off a cart as it was making a turn. The September incident killed Debra Oberholt, 36.